Rail-fastener.



I. A. PLUEBELL & JQE. KAUTZ.

RAIL FASTENER. APPLICATION IILEI) Nov. 6, 1912. 1,060,285, Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

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I. A. PLUEBELL & J. E. KAUT'Z.

RAIL PASTE-NEE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1912.

1,060,285. Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

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'iinirian era JOHN A. PLUEBELL, OF NORTH BRADDOCK, AND JOHN E. KAUTZ, OF RANKIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-FASTENER.

Application filed November 6, 1912.

To all w/lOm it may concern Be it known that we, (1) JOHN A. PLUE- BELL and (2) JOHN E. KAUTZ, citizens of the United States of America, residing at (1) North Braddock and (2) Rankin, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a rail fastener, and the objects of our invention are to provide a fastener that can be advantageously used for connecting the abutting or confronting ends of rails without resorting to the use of bolts or nuts, and to provide interlocking splice bars that firmly brace the sides of rails and prevent vertical and lateral displacement of the same.

Further objects of our invention are to provide a rail fastener embodying splice bars that support rails whereby rolling stock will have practically a continuous support or tread thereby eliminating jarring and bumping and the breaking down of wheels, and to accomplish the above results by a mechanical construction that is durable, easy to install. inexpensive to manufacture, and highly efficient for use in connection with various types of rails.

l/Vith the above and other objects in View the invention resides in the novel construction,combination and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is an elevation of one side of a rail fastener in accordance with our invention, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of the same, Fig. 3 is an end view of the rail fastener, Fig. 4 is a cross sectional View of the same, Fig. 5 is an elevation of the opposite side of the fastener from that shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 is a plan of the rail fastener.

A rail fastener in accordance with our invention comprises splice bars 1 having interlocking base plates 2 and 3 adapted to support the base flanges 4 of rails 5 that are braced by said splice bars. The base plate 2 has a plurality of tongues 6 extending into openings 7 provided therefor in one splice bar, and the base plate 8 has tongues 8 ex- Spccification of Letters Patent.

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tending into openings 9 provided therefor in the other splice bar. The tongues 6 of the base plate 2 are alternately arranged relatively to the tongues 8 of the base plate 3 and these tongues prevent longitudinal displacement of one splice bar relatively to the other. e.

The splice bars 1, intermediate the ends thereof, are provided with enlargements 10 and depending curved arms 11, said arms contacting at a point directly beneath the base plates 2 and 8, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The splice bars 1 and the enlargements and arms thereof are provided with vertically alining openings 12 and registering with these openings are openings 13 in the tongues 6 and 8 of the base plates 2 and 3. Extending through these openings are tapering spike-shaped keys 14: having the upper ends the-reof provided with heads 15 and the lower ends with openings 16. EX- tending through the openings 16 are cotter pins 17 employed for locking the keys 14 in position. Ordinary spikes 18 pass through the outermost openings 12 and 13 for securing the rail fasteners t0 ties, sleepers or other supports 20. Cooperating with the spikes 18 are spikes 19 engaging the edges of one of the splice bars and extending into the ties 20.

It is thought that the utility of a rail fastener in accordance with this invention will be apparent without further description, and while in the drawing there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention, itis to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible of such changes, as in the size, shape and manner of assemblage as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

That we claim is 1. In a rail fastener, the combination with rails, of splice bars bracing the sides of said rails, interlocking base plates carried by said splice bars and supporting said rails, tongues carried by one of said base plates and extending into openings in one of said splice bars, tongues carried by the other base plate and extending into openings in the other splice bar, the tongues of one base plate being alternately arranged relatively to the tongues of the other base plate, depending curved arms carried by said base plates intermediate the ends of said splice bars and contacting beneath said base plates,

tapering keys extending through said splice bars and the tongues of said base plates, and cotter pins retaining said keys in position.

2. In a rail fastener the combination With rails, of splice bars bracing said rails, base plates carried by said splice bars and supporting said rails, tongues carried by one of said base plates and extending into one of said splice bars tongues carried by the other base plate and extending into the other splice bar, enlargements carried by said sphce bars intermediate the ends thereof, dependlng curved contacting arms carried by said splice bars intermediate the ends thereof, keys passing through said enlargements and some of said tongues and said arms, spikes passing through said splice bars and the other of said tongues, and means for retaining said keys in position.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signa: tures in the presence oftWo Witnesses.

l/Vitnesses:

MAX H. SROLOVIT-Z, KATHERINE ERRETT.

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